How many things I can do without!

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad man.

Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads.

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.